diff --git a/documentcloud/documents/tasks.py b/documentcloud/documents/tasks.py
index dbf74e04..d3ac75de 100644
--- a/documentcloud/documents/tasks.py
+++ b/documentcloud/documents/tasks.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def process(document_pk, user_pk, org_pk, force_ocr, ocr_engine):
             "slug": document.slug,
             "extension": document.original_extension,
             "access": document.access,
-            "ocr_code": Language.get_choice(document.language).ocr_code,
+            "ocr_code": Language(document.language).ocr_code,
             "method": "process_pdf",
             "user_id": user_pk,
             "org_id": org_pk,
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def redact(document_pk, user_pk, redactions):
             "doc_id": document_pk,
             "slug": document.slug,
             "access": document.access,
-            "ocr_code": Language.get_choice(document.language).ocr_code,
+            "ocr_code": Language(document.language).ocr_code,
             "redactions": redactions,
         },
         redact,